Haha yes. Just looked back and my last AF was 18th April. Nothing since. I guess that's normal to go so long in between. I do remember last time it was irregular for a good 6months or so.
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Haha yes. Just looked back and my last AF was 18th April. Nothing since. I guess that's normal to go so long in between. I do remember last time it was irregular for a good 6months or so.
So much for lactational amenorrhea.:
Are you still tandum feeding, TT?
Haha! :):
I did for first 3 mths, the really just couldn't stand it so force weened Spock =( she still asks for it too... and has been sick more times in the last 3 mths since than her whole life =( but i just couldn't handle it physically anymore, esp with the DMER
Sorry to hear Spock has been sick. Don't blame yourself tho. You are beyond amazing to make it that far. Especially with DMER!
I think we've had our last breastfeed :( I could keep persevering with the SNS, but it really isn't worth it.
Little boy is commando crawling!! If a favourite toy is just out of reach, he'll pull himself along with his elbows till he can reach it. It's so cute!!
Still not interested in sitting up. Probably because that means sitting still.
How do you dress a baby that won't lie on his back more than 5 seconds? He's been looking like a country bumpkin lately, with his shirt/jumpsuit open and singlet hanging out!
Oh TD, wait until he can run away!! Go little man go!!!
Sns?
Daddy can't wait. I'm happy that for now, he doesn't move too far when I leave him for a few minutes. No need for a playpen or gate just yet. Still so proud of him tho!
SNS = supplemental nursing system. A bottle that hangs around my neck, filled with formula, then a supply line to the breast. Helps low milk supply mummies have a bfeeding relationship with their bub.
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/sns.html
(I hope that's not considered a commercial link. All other pics were on eBay etc)
Oh i know supply line
We are taking bubby boy on his first plane flight this week! So excited. Really looking forward to seeing my family, and showing off my little guy. Plus two whole weeks with DH! We also have a 16hour road trip, as my grandparents are regional new south... hiring a car was cheaper than flying. I usually love road trips, but we'll see how this goes!
A little nervous too. DS has had a runny nose the past week, so I'm worried about his little ears on the flight. Going to try to get him to drink during take off, but he has a mind of his own... if he doesn't want his bottle he knows how to say no! Any other tips?
Nervous that I'm going to forget something, too. The days of travelling light are now ancient history!
Where are you heading? I am in regional NSW.
My bubba was 6months yesterday. Just cracked his 4th tooth.
Hello Aunt Flo... Nice to see you. Two months after I finished pumping!
Mildez, my grandparents are near Dubbo. Been a good trip so far.
Seven months. Just cut first two teeth. Crawling. Pulling up to standing position. Crawling up the two steps in my parents lounge room. Still not sitting. Learning and growing too quickly!!
Wow, fave auntie!!
We are sitting, still no rolling to any attempts to move.. no teeth yet either, been meaning to see when Spock got hers, might go do that now
That was a nice break from AF.
We are sitting and rolling and wiggling a lot. No crawling. He has 4 teeth with the next 2 next to the big top ones very close to popping out. He will occasionally say mum mum and bub bub bub. There are a few Da's coming out but not Dada yet. His really starting to enjoy finger foods and demand food. If I try BF him he bites when he wants food. He only has small amounts but loves to chew on things like bits of carrot etc.
He also likes to grab your hair, nose, ears etc. Poor Miss 4 is sporting a nasty scratch from a sudden lurch for her nose. His super cute. Its such a lovely age for us.
I'm loving this age as well! So much fun.
DH was more excited about AF that I was, as it means we can start ttc again. I don't think he's serious. So not ready for that! Seven months is pretty good considering we never exclusively breastfed.
We are home now. It was a good trip. Managed to squeeze in Canberra as well so saw all my aunties/uncles/grandparents etc. Not bad considering they are so spread out! Bubby was so good with all the travelling and visiting. Plane didn't bother his ears at all!
I feel like we've brought a different baby home. When we left, he was commando crawling a few metres. Now he's hands & knees crawling all over the house. Super clingy & grizzly, whereas before he would play on his own quite happily. Now if I walk out of the room he starts crying, and got quite worked up today when I was hanging washing on the line. Hard to tell if he just misses the constant interaction from his grandparents & uncles, teething, or an attachment phase. Any ideas? Need to wear him more, or put him in the pram so he can at least see me... Contrary to MIL's advice "let him cry a bit, he needs to get used to playing on his own."
Even if you carry him he will still learn to walk, same as even if you play with him he will still learn to amuse himself sometimes too. He could just be wanting 'homebase' (or the mother ship as we call it) now you are home and back into your normal routine. Plus the more independent he becomes the more he might just need some gold solid 100% mum time to solidify it. Sounds odd but the closer you two are, the more confident and independent little ones will be.
Glad to hear you had a good trip. =)
Thanks TT, that is encouraging. I read quite a bit about attachment parenting before he was born, but because bfeeding and co-sleeping didnt work for us, I always wondered if he had a secure attachment. Plus he is so friendly and will go to anyone. So I'm actually enjoying his clingyness and that he wants to be near me. He's such an awesome little person, who wouldn't? :)
Better days yesterday & today, making sure he can be near me & see me, and make lots of time for play. Really enjoying it. Despite MIL saying it'll "make things harder later."
So... If he sleeps in our bed, he'll still learn to sleep on his own, right? :) 4am he decides he's had enough of his cot. It takes an hour to get him settled again.
What is everyone doing for sleeping arrangements? Cots, bed sharing, etc? Any bubs in their own room yet?
I want to say yes he will re sleeping....but Im still yet to see it =p
Something reassuring is Spock use to wake every 2hrs for 18mths, then i forced night weaned and she slowly decreased wake ups, and now at 3 it is only once maybe twice a night. So that does get better...
Ok so our current arrangement: we have 2 bedrooms, one is ours and one is the girls. Both girls have beds set up in their room, (except Quarks doesn't have a mattress yet) but Spocks bed is all pretty and comfy and warm in there. We then have our room, which has our queen bed, the cot next to it 'side carred' without a side, so is the same sleeping space as our bed itms, just means she cant roll off (not that she is rolling anyway) we then also have another single bed in the room but not connected to the main bed. Quark sleeps in the cot. Spock goes to bed in her bed, but will wake up in the middle of the night and migrate to the other bed in our room. I was hoping when Spock was 3 we would keep herin her bed, but im so zonked by Quarks wakeups i very rarely hear Spock, so my hubby deals.with her, and its not uncommon for me to wake up and find Spock in bed with me and him in one of the other beds. (Which i hate....but he isbtired and does whatever is easier at the time. ) Spock will resettle really easily though and is often asleep again before we migrate her to whatever bed. Im hoping once Quark joins her in their room she wont come into us as often